Mathias Mesteño and I was invited to play at the Upon.You label night at Bar 25 in Berlin on July 4th.
We had the opening slot from 22 in the evening until 4 in the morning, well I think we played until 5 or something like this. From midnight on we had a packed floor and hands in the air. A great great night, day and night again at Bar 25 in Berlin.
Again nice to see lot’s of old friends and meeting new people too, you know who you are 
Prepare yourself for a night of pure mayhem! Berlin vs. Copenhagen, Tic Tac Toe vs. Upon You. Two of the most respected labels goes head to head at Culture Box. Upon You, the hot German label, has quite a line-up ready:
Marco Resmann
Ruede Hagelstein
& as a special treat Tic Tac Toe and Upon You bring you Mathias Mesteño live! The local hero, who is actually signed at both labels, will definitely get your feet moving!
The Upon You crew will turn the main room into a Berlin party with their banging mix of minimal, tech-house, techno and raw attitude.
The dark and lustful basement at Culture Box will be hosted, dominated and loved by the Tic Tac Toe guys – Patrick Bateman & Lars Gregers. These guys are two of the most respected members of the electronic music scene in Copenhagen.
The Tic Tac Toe guys will make you wanna scream for more, dance till your feet hurts and show you how minimal, techno, tech-house and pleasant surprises are handled!
There is no excuse for not dropping by Culture Box for a night of electronic music – the Berlin/Copenhagen way!
Info:
Date: 24th of April
Time: 00-06
Fee: 70,-
Venue: Culture Box, Copenhagen K
Genre: Techno, tech-house, minimal
Prepare yourself for a night of pure mayhem! Berlin vs. Copenhagen, Tic Tac Toe vs. Upon You. Two of the most respected labels goes head to head at Culture Box. Upon You, the hot German label, has quite a line-up ready:
Marco Resmann
Ruede Hagelstein
& as a special treat Tic Tac Toe and Upon You bring you Mathias Mesteño live! The local hero, who is actually signed at both labels, will definitely get your feet moving!
The Upon You crew will turn the main room into a Berlin party with their banging mix of minimal, tech-house, techno and raw attitude.
The dark and lustful basement at Culture Box will be hosted, dominated and loved by the Tic Tac Toe guys – Patrick Bateman & Lars Gregers. These guys are two of the most respected members of the electronic music scene in Copenhagen.
The Tic Tac Toe guys will make you wanna scream for more, dance till your feet hurts and show you how minimal, techno, tech-house and pleasant surprises are handled!
There is no excuse for not dropping by Culture Box for a night of electronic music – the Berlin/Copenhagen way!
Info:
Date: 24th of April
Time: 00-06
Fee: 70,-
Venue: Culture Box, Copenhagen K
Genre: Techno, tech-house, minimal
Cat.: TTT 025
Format: Vinyl 12” + Digital
Release date: September 25th (vinyl) – October 9th (Beatport)
Style: Techno / Minimal
Tracklist (click to listen):
A1 Serenetti (Maetrik Bass Rework) 6:48
A2 Serenetti (Mathias Mesteño Remix) 7:52
B1 Gush (Blagger’s Bring It Back Remix) 9:29
Digital Serenetti (James Teej’s Late Nite Soul Mix) 8:07
Digital Gush (Blagger’s Bring It Back Beatless Remix) 9:01
We are very proud to present Trentemøller on our label again. He has released 3 tracks on Tic Tac Toe in the past. This time we give you a big remix package of his first release on TTT back in 2005, called Serenetti & Gush.
Trentemøller is by far the most important and influential producer within electronic music in Denmark and therefore really needs no further introduction.
On this release we have a remix from techno maestro Maetrik from USA. His remix is very much in his typical vein, and with tons of bass, hence the remix name ☺ Maetrik is currently going from strength to strength on labels like Treibstoff, Mothership, Iron Box and many more!
New hotshot local producer Mathias Mesteño is no newcomer on Tic Tac Toe either. We just released a hot digital release with him in August and that one is still going strong, and gained lots of good feedback from all the big players. Mathias’ style is more on the jackin’ side of house things. You can be sure to see a lot to him in the future (keep an eye on Upon You, Fumakilla etc).
Another new producer team from Copenhagen is Blagger. Lars and Simon (the 2 guys behind Blagger) has already done several burning remixes on TTT and also had their first release on Swedish label Kowtow. They did a remix of the track GUSH, which has turned out really great.
Last but not least is Toronto’s finest man, James Teej. This summer we released his debut on Connect Four, including a fantastic remix from Cassy. Now he is here on TTT with a soul/jazzy remix of Serenetti.
Name: robag / wighnomy bros
Favourite Track: teej remix – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: the teej remix is amazing again!!!! great!!!
Name: troy pierce (m-nus)
Favourite Track: maetrik remix – Chart Place: 1 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Name: Michael Mayer (Kompakt)
Fabourite Track: Maetrik & Mesteño
Comments: I really enjoy the Trentemoller remix package. Both Maetrik and Mesteño do the trick for me.
Name: Basti Schwarz (Tiefschwarz)
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: hi guys…thank u very much for this piece of music…great!!
Name: laurent garnier
Favourite Track: the whole thing – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: very atmospheric i loooove this full support from me
Name: hernan cattaneo
Favourite Track: james teej – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: very nice
Name: Mikkas (Djuma Soundsystem)
Favourite Track: Blagger mix – Chart Place: 5 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Very very strong package!! But then again Trente desverves nothing less 
Name: raymundo rodriguez (The End/Ministry of sound radio)
Favourite Track: James Teej mix – Chart Place: 2 -Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: The James teej mix of ‘Serenetti’ and the ‘Blaggers bring it back’ mix of Gush are simply amazing.
Name: Pig&Dan (Cocoon)
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Absolutely blinding work
Name: rune rk
Favourite Track: gush blaggers remix – Chart Place: 1 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Gotta love them blaggers. Excellent remix of a classic
Name: Noir
Favourite Track: All – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Hard to choose a favourite.Its a really strong package – all mixes are amazing. Top release.
Name: Reynold (Trenton)
Favourite Track: james teej – Chart Place: 5 – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: the james teej rmx is kicking my ass
Name: Coyu (Atypical Farm)
Favourite Track: Mathias Mesteno Remix – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Mathias Mesteno forever and ever, although Blagger has done a good job.
Name: Sander Kleinenberg
Favourite Track: 1 – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: ok
Name: Jack Rock (WIR, Treibstoff, Artifarti)
Favourite Track: Maetrik Bass Rework – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: The Maetrik remix is strong as hell!!! I love it!
Name: Hawks (Upon You)
Favourite Track: Gush – Blaggers – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: no worrys matt, your track is my nr. 2!
Name: Atle (Brother Brown)
Favourite Track: Mesteno/Blagger Beatless – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Great release! Mesteños jump chords does it best for me
Name: Dot Con (De:Bug)
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Been waiting for this! Loved the originals and am loving the mathias mesteno remix. Soooo groovy!
Name: dave mothersole (Ministry Radio)
Favourite Track: maetrick and blager’s ‘gush’ – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: i like the og of this rack a lot. nice set f mixes – all good especialy maetrick and blaggers.nice.
Name: Clement Meyer (Get The Curse / Fondation Records)
Favourite Track: maetrik remix – Chart Place: 8 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: maetrik, still one of my favorite producer of the moment, thanks a lot for this remix
Name: Berlin Mitte Institut
Favourite Track: Gush (Blagger’s Bring It Back Beatless Remix) – Chart Place: 6 – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Nice remix EP! James Teei and Blaggers Bring it Back RMXs are what I want
Name: Daniel Mnookin (Siteholder Records)
Favourite Track: Serenetti (Mathias Mesteno Remix) – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Solid release. Some of it is not my style, but I really dig the Mathias Mesteno and Blagger’s remixes.
Name: dj lab (Echocord)
Favourite Track: Mesteno rmx! – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: REALLY LIKE IT, funky stuff…
Name: flip (Amika/AKA)
Favourite Track: Mathias Mesteno rmx + blagger rmx + beatless vers. – Overall Feel: Good
Really good overall package of remixes, but am now blown away by any of the tracks though, sorry. Going to play Mesteno and Blagger remixes.
Name: Mhm One (Tartelet Rec)
Favourite Track: james teejs version – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: james did it again !! i really dig this jazzy groove!!!!
Name: Conan Liquid (Defected / Strictly Rhythm)
Favourite Track: Gush Blaggers Bring it back remix – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Lovely lush productions
Name: Jeff Bennett
Favourite Track: Maetrik – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Very strong release!
Name: eric cloutier (Bunker New York)
Favourite Track: mestino remix of serenetti. – Chart Place: 4 – Overall Feel: Average
Comments: not my style, but the production value is great. its hard to remix a guy that talented.
Name: Nitin (CiRCA – Toronto)
Favourite Track: James Teej Remix – Chart Place: 4 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Name: chloe harris (Proton)
Favourite Track: mathias mesteno remix – Chart Place: 10 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: i love each of these for various reasons. but i really love mathias remix.
Name: Steve Mizek (Little White Earbuds.com)
Favourite Track: the James Teej remix – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: I’ll admit, only James Teej’s mix jumped out at me. The organ sound is a great compliment to the squelchy beat. This is the second Teej track I’m really enjoying; I look forward to more of his stuff.
Raveline Magazine (Germany):
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Artist: Mathias Mesteño
Title: The Casual Opportunist EP
Cat.: TTT-DIGI-002
Label: Tic Tac Toe Records
Format: Digital
Release date: August 21st 2008 (Beatport)
Style: House / Tech-house
Tracks (click to listen):
01 Get A Scar (live a little)
02 Five Finger Discount
03 Emille
Tic Tac Toe Records Digital
For the second edition of our digital only series, we are proud to welcome back Mathias Mesteño aka Matt Vega after his phenomenal releases on Fumakilla and Upon You earlier this year.
Mathias is no newcomer on Tic Tac Toe. He (and his former production partner Morten Fresh) gave us the best track (Instant Corruption) on the compilation ‘Noughts And Crosses’ back in January 2006, which was released again in January 2007, this time remixed by Inaqui Marin.
Get A Scar (live a little)
First track kicks off in much the same vein as Mathias’ latest Upon You release. Chunked up beats, a horn, stabs and some vocal work… You get the idea? Super great percussive track with the noisy horn haunting you down.
Five Finger Discount
This track is pretty much lined up with the same ingredients as the first one, but here Mathias is more on the laidback side of things. A long (10 minutes) slow builder that just keeps going and going and going.
Emille
Again a long building track like ‘Five Finger Discount’, but this one more on the party side and the horn seems to be back again somehow, just more messy.
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Loco Dice:
Favourite Track: Five Finger Discount – Overall Feel: Good
Jimpster:
Favourite Track: Get A Scarm – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: amazing deep and abstract floor freaker once again from Mathias. One of my fave new producers.
Sebo K:
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: i’m really into matt’s latest productions. nice work man! will definitely play. can’t decide which is my favourite yet.
Laurent Garnier:
Favourite Track: track 1 – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: good jazz vibe will play of course
Basti Tiefschwarz:
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: thanxx for he musik…great..basti
Alexi Delano:
Chart Place: 7 – Overall Feel: Good
Maetrik:
Favourite Track: Emile – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Wow Mathias is a master at combining african rhythms, techno innovation, and soundscapes. Full support!!!
Benno Blome:
Favourite Track: 2 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: i like it!
Jeremy Caulfield:
Favourite Track: Five finger discount – Chart Place: 1 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Hot damm .. five full fingers !
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj-chart.aspx?id=721&chart=3939
Paco Osuna:
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: nice housy ep,will played for sure
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Daniela Stickroth (Meeresteif):
Favourite Track: Five Finger Discount – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: nice summer track. wanna try in the clubs..thanks
DJ Lab (Echocord):
Favourite Track: five finger discount – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Here’s some nice stuff again from the stud…
Atle Thorberg (Brother Brown):
Favourite Track: ALL!! – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: I’m impressed of the blinding speed Mathias is churning out these little nuggets of pure rock solid gold, ace quality all the way
DJ Chloe (Proton Radio):
Favourite Track: emille – Chart Place: 17 – Overall Feel: Good
Coyo (Atypical Farm):
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: This latin Matt is my summer heroe! His Upon You record is one of my favs, i’m playing it a lot, and I think that this new one will be the same, playing it, playing during all the summer… The three tracks are cool and very stylish!
Berlin Mitte Institut:
Favourite Track: Emile – Chart Place: 3 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Nice groovy house, Emilie is huge!
DJ Flip (AKA London):
Favourite Track: all three! – Overall Feel: Excellent
Raymundo Rodriguez (London):
Favourite Track: Get a scar – Chart Place: 3 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Superb percusive drums and lush break down, full club and radio support.
Djuma Soundsystem:
Favourite Track: Get a scar – Chart Place: 11 – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Simply love those latino vibes on Get a scar! Didn’t know Mathias had that latin lover side of him 
Will play out for sure!!!
Jeff Bennet:
Favourite Track: Emelie – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Quality ep, def playing
Maurice Aymard (Galaktika):
Favourite Track: emile and five finger – Chart Place: 5 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: I love all track, will play them for sure, nice house release, emile and five finger are my favorite.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj-chart.aspx?id=3504&chart=3708
Daniel Mnookin (Siteholder):
Favourite Track: Get A Scar (live a little) – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Really like the housey/tribal vibe of “Get A Scar”, a good track to help build the night, will be playing this one quite a bit!
Lee Smith (iDJ – Brighton):
Favourite Track: Emille – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Quality gear from this rising talent…thanks!
Hawks (Upon You):
Favourite Track: Get a Scar – Chart Place: 1 – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Mathias, we are very proud of you and have tears in our eyes! really well done Buddy!! “Get a Scar” makes me dancing on and on! Congrats Patrick, to have such a great artist!
Jack Rock (Treibstoff, WIR):
Favourite Track: Emille – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Yeah! Good stuff. Emille is the best track here. But I will play all 3.
Philip Sherburne:
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: very nice release. rolling and simple, with judicious little explosions of intensity. all three tracks are solid; i think “get a scar” is my fave.
Dave Mothersole:
Favourite Track: five finger discount – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: like ‘five finger discount’. nice rhythm.
Mhm1 (Tartelet Records):
Favourite Track: Five Finger Discount – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: The Stallions productions just keeps getting better and better. I have been dropping Five Finger Discount in my sets for months now, and im glad that the rest of the ep is just as crispy. . .
Eric Cloutier (Bunker New York):
Favourite Track: Emille – Chart Place: 6 – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Emille strikes me as the one I’d play the most. Slow burning and intense, it screams late night madness while still retains a powerful early evening funk.
Conan Liquid (Defected Strictly Rhythm):
Favourite Track: Get a Scar – Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Great productions.Looking forward to playing these at the weekend.
Noir (Noir Music):
Favourite Track: Get A Scar – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Nice laidback and good for the warmup hours. Get A Scar is the winner here.
Tomas Barfod (Tomboy/Tartelet Rec):
Favourite Track: get a scar and Emile – Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Mathias made some excellent sounding tracks.
